May be a stupid question, but I don't know the answer. Suppose someone asking me money for a mortgage for buying something. If I know the chance (mean value of payments and variance of payments) that ...

Suppose most investors have very short investing horizons and use appropriate (for them) strategies, but investor X has a very long horizon. He would like to trade some advantages (early withdrawal ...

And, in a second round, what is the origin of the "long" and "short" in characterizing the respective positions in assets? Any pointers to etymology, first occurrences, or related literature would be ...

I am a postgrad student doing a master in Signal Processing and I have graduated from an engineering school
I was wondering if there are any jobs in finance that are opened to people having this kind ...

I would like to know how stressful this work can be and where the stress could come from. How to avoid it? Does it really depend on the company you are working? Is there a way to know in advance if ...